Chen Yue and Ding Xianjun surrendered, Huo Jun accepted it without question, and praised Chen Yue as a captain to please the thief, and said good words to appease. The reason why Huo Jun accepted it was not only that Ding Feng was among them, but also that the core soldiers under Chen Yue were almost from Lujiang in Jiangbei.

The Lujiang River is located north of the Yangtze River, and the Dabie Mountain is in Lujiang County. In the future, if the northern expedition to Jianghuai, the first city must be broken is Hefei. Hefei is located north of Chaohu Lake, in Jiujiang County, Yangzhou, while Lujiang County is west of Jiujiang County, and Dabie Mountain overlooks Hefei on the Huainan Plain.

Therefore, if you want to capture Hefei, Lujiang County must hold it in your hands, take the lead in occupying Dabie Mountain, and compete with Cao Wei by virtue of the dangerous mountain situation. However, Lujiang County, as a chaotic territory, is entrenched in a large number of powerful sect commanders, such as Mei Cheng, Chen Lan, Lei Xu and others, all of whom control tens of thousands of men and women, and they do not listen to propaganda under Cao Cao's rule.

Among them, Chen Yue has an old relationship with Lei Xu, if there is no Huo Jun to defeat Chen Yue, Chen Yue will lead the sergeants of his headquarters to join Lei Xu because he is unwilling to serve the Sun family. Thinking about the future, Huo Jun not only praised Chen Yue as an official, but also commanded the sergeants of the headquarters and served under his own account.

This battle not only subdued Chen Yue, Ding Feng and others, but also collected more than 8,000 old and weak bandits. However, Peng Hu, as the main general, was taken away, and generally because the situation was not good, he withdrew early.

But Huo Jun was not without a backhand, he ordered Su Fei to take advantage of Peng Hu to lead the crowd to fight against him, and lead the three thousand elites of the headquarters to attack his old camp in Peng Lize.

In fact, Huo Jun originally wanted Gan Ning to attack the old camp, but Gan Ning thought that Su Fei was kind to him, and now that he should return to Jiangxia, it would be better to give him a great credit. and strongly recommend Huo Jun, Su Fei has excellent ability, benevolence and righteousness, and can be competent.

So Huo Jun arranged for Su Fei to lead the crowd to attack the old camp, and Su Fei lived up to expectations and successfully occupied the old camp. The army was exhausted, and the old camp entrenched on Hushuizhou Island was very empty, and Su Fei easily got it. After Su Fei led the crowd to break the village, he obeyed Huo Jun's military orders, strictly forbade the soldiers to be taken captive, and appeased the old and weak in the village. Peng Hu, who abandoned the army and fled back to the old camp, was shot dead by Su Fei on the spot, and the rest surrendered.

Su Fei checked the population of the camp, about 34,000 men and women, and more than 8,000 old and weak prisoners on the battlefield, a total of 43,000 men and women.

In the Jingzhou military camp, in the big tent of the Chinese army.

Huo Jun sat on the tent and asked: "Although Peng Hu's department is destroyed, Peng Lize still has thieves entrenched, in order to prevent future troubles, what are your plans?" ”

Although Peng Hu is Peng Lize's overlord, it does not mean that Peng Lize has no other water coars. After all, the waters of Peng Lize are too big, the waterways are vertical and horizontal, and there are many islands. For the sake of local tranquility in the future, Huo Jun hopes to completely solve the long-awaited illness of Peng Lize Shuikou.

Gan Ning pondered about Peng Lize's situation and said: "Peng Hu's subordinates, under the order of Sun Quan's army, occupied Daze and caused chaos, causing chaos in Yuzhang. Now the general came with an army, defeated the enemy, and surrendered everyone. Although the thieves are afraid of the tiger's might, there are still thieves in Ranze. If we don't severely punish the thieves, how can we show the prestige of our army, I would rather not kill Peng Hu's family and his henchmen together, and base it as a view of Beijing, so that others will know what they are afraid of, and surrender to Ze. ”

Huo Jun shook his head and said: "Peng Hu's generation, originally a businessman, because of the chaos of the world, he entered the river as a thief, and killed living beings, and his crime cannot be punished. The rest of the gangsters were forced by life to gather crowds to escape in order to save their lives. Now that Peng Hu has been killed, the rest of the party is the country's Li Shu, wouldn't it hurt to kill him, what are the benefits? ”

"There is a cloud in the art of war, a soldier who surrenders without a fight, and a good person who is good, this is what a soldier does. Peng Hu's family and those who do evil can be assigned as slaves, and the rest of the bandits are mostly Peng Lize's people, if they are slaughtered, it may backfire! ”

As he spoke, Huo Jun turned his head to look at Chen Yue and said, "Captain Chen has lived in Daze for a long time, and I don't know if there is a plan to appease the lake water. ”

Chen Yue pondered for a while and said, "General Qiyu, in addition to Peng Hu as the leader, there are thousands of people gathered in Peng Lize, and there are also hundreds of people in the crowd, so there is nothing to worry about. During this period, there was a thief head Zhong Lifei, who was known for his grace and faith, and was known as a prestige in Daze, which was admirable. ”

"Yue Xing has a fate with Zhong Lifei, if the general believes it, he can persuade Zhong Lifei to surrender for the general. And let Zhong Lifei recruit the remaining bandits of Daze, quell the rebellion in one fell swoop, and eliminate the thieves in Daze. How? ”

"Good!"

Huo Jun was overjoyed and said: "You can go to the Fit, Jun should pay tribute to you." Zhong Lifei can also be regarded as a lieutenant, thinking that it is a move to calm people's hearts. ”

"General Xie trusts!" Chen Yue replied.

Liu Zhong counted the captured personnel and said: "General Qiyu, there are more than 40,000 people in Peng Hu's army, I don't know how the general wants to treat them?" ”

Huo Jun thought about it for a moment and said: "Our army has surrendered more than 40,000 enemy soldiers, but most of them are old, weak, thin and weak, and there are also unbearable people. The captives, young and old, men and women, were each given rice and grain, and they were registered as household registrations. All households with strong people are exempt from taxation and are classified as water pawns, and the rest are made up by the departments of the shortfall. ”

"No!"

Faced with the task of forming a water division, Huo Jun didn't care about the quality of the soldiers, so he first set up a water division. The collapse of the Jiangxia Sailor had too much impact on the army, and the Jiangxia Sailor was not a reliable force. After all, Liu Qi and Liu Bei have been fighting in Jiangdong for a long time, and there is no credible naval force, which is difficult to justify, and it is easy to be detected by Jiangdong.

These water thieves live on the water all year round to make a living, and with training, they can quickly become water pawns. As for the ships of the sailors, the small boats obtained by the payment were used first, and the large ships were built slowly. Although it is not as good as the Jiangdong fleet, it can at least be competent for ordinary water transportation tasks.

After everyone retreated, Huo Du stayed alone and asked, "Zhong Miao, Chen Yue was defeated and had to surrender, if he took the opportunity to leave, what should he do?" ”

Huo Jun smiled and said, "Chen Yue's headquarters is all in the army, if he defects to the water thieves, how can he enter?" And that Chen Yue really has the intention of going, Peng Hu has been removed, and he has trained the water pawns, taking the water thieves as the enemy, and slowly trying to use it for military training. Don't worry, brother! ”

Saying that, Huo Jun showed Huo Du the letter sent to him by Liu Qi, and said with a smile: "On the order of the eldest son, our clansmen can move to Yuzhang, and now the soldiers may be at ease." ”

Huo Du flipped through the front and back, saw the end of the letter, and said in shock: "The eldest son is the assassin of Yangzhou, and the cousin Zhongmiao is the Taishou of Poyang." ”

Huo Du looked up at Huo Jun who was smiling, and asked with a face full of disbelief: "The official of two thousand stones, comparable to Jiuqing, is it fake?" ”

Huo Jun took the letter and said with a smile: "There has never been a fake, but it is just a county of eight counties, not as good as Lingling, Wuling and other big counties." ”

Huo Du stood up excitedly and walked up and down in the tent, as if he had been rewarded.

Rubbing his fists, Huo Du said excitedly: "Zhong Miao is worshiped by Shangqing, if my father learns, I will be pleased." ”

Immediately afterwards, Huo Du sighed and said, "It's a pity that it's not in Zhijiang, otherwise you can also set up a big banquet and invite the villagers to promote my Huo family's reputation." ”

Huo Jun stood up, put his hands on his brother's shoulders, and said with a smile: "My brother is also going to be promoted, why should I be alone?" ”

Huo Du had a smile on his face and said: "For my brother to listen to Zhong Miao's orders, Zhong Miao has made meritorious contributions, isn't it a matter of course for me to take the position!" ”

"Haha!"

However, Huo Du seemed to have discovered something, and said: "Poyang Taishou is to show his previous achievements, but this time to pacify Peng Lize Jukou, I don't know what reward I can get?" ”

Huo Jun smiled and said, "This is the beginning of the promotion of Taishou, how can it be sealed again!" ”

"It's a pity!"

Huo Du changed his words and said in a deep voice: "Zhong Miao worships Taishou, and has no wife and no children so far, doesn't it make people laugh. Now Zhong Miao is twenty-six years old, and he is already an old age, so he should look for a good daughter and marry him. ”

Huo Jun smiled bitterly and said: "It's not that I don't want to, but in recent years, I have been busy with military affairs. When the water in Daze is gone, it's not too late to find a lover! ”

Huo Jun is not a lie, who is twenty-six years old, has a car, a house and status, and does not want to marry a wife. I'm really too busy, busy with wars, busy planning military strategies, and I really don't have time to entrust others to find a wife.

Huo Du sneered and said: "Zhong Miao's affairs are always busy, now when Liu Yuzhou and Liu Yangzhou return, let Yuzhou and Yangzhou find a lover for Zhong Miao, see if Zhong Miao dares to postpone it?" ”

It's late

(End of chapter)